Gardening is easy to do and you can add sparkle with these easy kids crafts.
Spring is the time for planting a garden. It doesn't matter whether you live in the city, in the country or someplace in between, you can still do some type of gardening. Kids love planting things and watching them grow. if you live in the city or someplace where you do not have a yard to plant a garden in you can grow some things in a container. Kids can grow potted plants or herbs.
If you have a small porch or yard you can still grow a garden in a pot. There are tomatoes, strawberries and other plants that are designed specifically to grow in a container. Certain types of green beans can grow up a trellis as well as cucumbers and miniature melons.
Other fun and easy plants for kids to grow in a regular garden include green beans, radishes and green onions, zucchini, cherry tomatoes and pumpkins. Gourds are fun too. Flowers such as pansies, marigolds and petunias are easy to grow flowers. Here are some fun ways you can incorporate crafts into your garden.
Funny Face Garden Stakes
You will need:
- large tongue depressors or similar size pieces of wood
- permanent markers
- wiggly eyes
- craft glue or a glue gun
- yarn
What you do:
You will want to make a funny face garden stake for each row or area in your garden. Draw the vegetable you are planting, such as a tomato, on your stick. Now color it with permanent markers. Use craft glue to glue on some wiggly eyes and staple in some yarn for hair. Get creative and make your fruits and vegetables look fun and interesting.
Friendly Insects
You will need:
- thin wooden stakes or dowels
- pipe cleaners
- pompoms
- wiggly eyes
What you do:
Make a small loop on the end of the pipe cleaner and bend it flat so it makes a base. Glue your pom pom onto this base. Now add mini wiggly eyes, wax paper wings, pipe cleaner legs or whatever you like. Now wrap the rest of the pipe cleaner around the stake and place in your yard.
NOTE: You can also use this idea to make some funny pencil pals.
Rock Garden
You will need:
- large flat rocks
- paint
- clear spray shellac
What you will do:
Paint your rocks to look like ladybugs, beetles or simply in colorful designs. Let the rocks dry thoroughly. Now spray the rocks with the clear shellac so they are waterproof. Place throughout your garden. You can also place these on your porch or even make a path with them in your yard.
